LLM expects 2.6m vehicles daily on highways over CNY – no roadworks, Smartlane, extra toll counters

The Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) is expecting 2.6 million vehicles a day on the highways over the Chinese New Year holiday period. Two peak periods – January 24-28 for traffic heading out of the Klang Valley and February 1-2 for the return trip to the city.

Of the 2.6 million total, LLM is expecting 2.2 million vehicles on the PLUS North South Highway, 198,000 on the KL-Karak Highway, 82,000 on the Lebuhraya Pantai Timur Phase 1, 48,000 on the Lebuhraya Pantai Timur Phase 2 and 120,000 on the West Coast Expressway (WCE).

LLM is taking efforts to ensure that traffic on the highways are as smooth as possible, and among them are ensuring that there will be no roadworks/lane closures by concessionaires unless for emergencies (tomorrow till February 3), activating 25 Smartlane stretches along the PLUS, and management of traffic at toll plazas and interchanges.

The latter includes measures such as traffic channelisation/segregation, tidal flow and additional toll payment counters via portable readers. There’s also a road ban in place for goods vehicles on January 27-28 and February 1-2.

For user comfort, LLM says that the repair and upgrading of facilities at 38 R&R areas and toll plazas were completed in 2024. This initiative will be continued throughout this year. This travel season, PLUS will be making available 50 temporary toilets – these cabin style units are more comfortable than the standard ‘portaloo’.

Follow the travel time advisories by PLUS (MyPLUS-TTA on the app) or AFA Prime for the KL-Karak Highway and LPT1. Drive safe everyone.

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